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ABERDEEN 73
Beattie, Jacobi F. | Philos. in Acad. Marischal
Professori Adolescent!. | Ea Modestia j Ea
Suavitate Morum, | Ea benevolentia erga
omnes, | Ea erga Deum pietate, | Ut humanum
nihil supra : | In bonis Uteris, | In theologia, | In
omni philosophia Exercitattissimo : j Poetse
insuper, Rebus in levioribus faceto | In grandi-
oribus sublimi. | Qui placidam animam efflavit |
XIX Novemb. 1790. | Annos habens 22,
diesque 13. | Pater moereus H. M. P." | The
epitaph of his only brother follows on the
same stone : " Montagu Beattie, | Jacobi Hay
Beattie frater. | Ej usque virtutum et studio-
rum | Emulus,| Sepulchrique consors. | Variarum
peritus artium, | Pingendi imprimis. ) Natus
8 Juhi, 1778. | Multum defletus obiit | Decimo
quarto Martii, 179G." | The Father, who never
recovered the loss of these his only and
hopeful children, lies beside them, under a
stone of the same full-length, thus inscribed :
" Memoriae Sacrum | Jacobi Beattie L.L.D. |
Ethices | In Academia Marescallana hujus
urbis 1 Per XLIII annos | Professoris Meritis-
simi, 1 Viri | Pietate, Probitate, Ingenio atque
Doctrina j Prsestantis | Scriptoris Elegantissimi,
Poeate^ Suavissimi, | Philosophi vere Christiani. |
Natus est V Nov. Anno 1735. | Obiit 18 Aug.
1 Sic.

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